New Yorkers gather to watch ‘Manhattanhenge’ as the sun sets in alignment with the city grid A RARE solar phenomenon has made an appearance in New York City, with thousands stopping traffic to ...

On Sunday, May 29, half of the setting sun's disk will be visible on the grid at 8:13 pm ET. Then on Monday, May 30, the full disk of the sun will be visible on the grid at 8:12 p.m. ET.

On Tuesday, July 12, meanwhile, half of the solar disk will be visible on the grid at 8:21 p.m. ET. According to Faherty, you generally have to be on the street grid of Manhattan to see the event.

So what the hell is Manhattanhenge, you might ask? On May 29 and July 12 every year, the sunset lines up with Manhattan’s street grid which, as the Hayden Planetarium puts it, simultaneously ...